About Us
Silky Socks was founded in 2013, by creating a quality blank sock that was easy to sublimate and very comfortable to wear. We shared this sock with the Sublimation community and have since supplied a network of amazing printers and crafters worldwide with our blanks. We’ve now expanded the blanks product line into a full line of apparel items including underwear, shirts, sleeves, headwear and more!
Our Mission: To be the best sublimation blank apparel supplier for Printers Worldwide, and to share our story and spread positivity while we are doing it!
The story of how it started as told by founder, Dannesh Kassamali: I started as a screen print broker in 2009, with a volunteer shirts project for a non-profit organization. 1000 shirts it was, and I did it all for free just to learn. Right after that, I launched a company called Silk Screen Apparel, which printed custom t-shirts using screen printing. I was a middle man between the client and the factories and it became my full time business, and I did well. However, after about 3-4 years of this, I felt the itch to provide the apparel industry with something new, I just didn't know what it was yet.
Then one day, an industry friend of mine casually mentioned a large trade show happening in China and said "You should go." With nothing to lose, I said why not, and just went!
I didn't have any contacts there, but I wanted to learn and do research about manufacturing and importing. A few months after I returned, a client asked, “Can you do socks for my brand?” See how God was working? I said, YES I can. I began manufacturing and importing custom knitted socks from might factory contacts in China after that. A few moths later, I was wondering if one of these socks could be "customized" with print. At the time, 2012-13, Nike Elite socks with custom print were selling for $30-40/pair, which I thought was crazy high. So this tickled my curiosity and I thought, there has to be a better way
After some more research, I contacted a sublimation printers dealer asked if I could test print on a sock using their equipment. They said sure come on down.
We pressed it together, and upon lifting the transfer sheet off of the socks, 1-2-3 peel... WOW, we were both mesmerized! The fabric took the print beautifully. Right there the idea of Silky Socks was born, and I went home thinking this is not just a product, this is a whole new company! A few days later, I purchased the domain name silkysocks.com on Go Daddy and the rest is history!
Those were fun times. I take tons of pride in the product line because I remember what it took to get here. All the struggles: the long traveling, cheap hotels, and endless nights of product development! We hope you love these products and that it helps your business. Once you start you can’t stop, and we are here for it!!
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Connect with us via Social Media and share your Silky Socks creation or story with us, as we love to hear from you: @silkysocks or @danneshkassamali (founder)
Email: info@silkysocks.com or danny@silkysocks.com
Text Support: (714) 512-2632
Our new warehouse is located at:
14662 Franklin Ave Ste A
Tustin, CA 92780
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